Salary
£25,242 – £28,684 FTE (pro rata)
Location
LE1 3NB
Job Overview
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Overview
1. Working with the team to build a culture of welcome and support for asylum seekers and
refugees in Leicester, within the framework of policies agreed by Trustees.
2. Working with volunteers to ensure that the weekly activities for asylum seekers and refugees
runs smoothly.
3. Engaging with community organisation, in particular, schools to raise awareness of LCoS, and
develop our Schools of Sanctuary offer
4. Providing general administrative support and record keeping.
Service provision and project management
5. Activities - leading our Tuesday Conversation Club, external trips and visits and facilitating
service users to attend other community events in Leicester
6. Engagement - proactively engaging with local organisations to raise awareness of LCoS
Streams of Sanctuary, in particular schools
7. Contributing to the development of new activities as and when required leading on delivery
8. Maintaining an overview of external events, and working with partners to co-ordinate trips
and visits
9. Attending meetings on behalf of the organisation, as appropriate
10. Being present at the weekly hub to support provision and activities, and as a point of contact
for service users
11. Maintaining a working knowledge of referral routes and supporting with low level casework,
liaising with staff members
12. Providing information about events to service users and encouraging them to attend,
accompanying groups where necessary
13. Supporting the team with registration of new users and casework where required
14. Accompanying service users on trips out into the wider community, external events and
taking a lead on collecting feedback for activities
15. Working with staff team to support volunteers and ensuring the information is fed back to
Chief Officer
16. General administration and other duties that ensure smooth running of the sessions
Social media and online presence
17. Contributing to LCoS Social Media pages with updates and good news stories
Volunteer recruitment and support
18. Assisting and supporting volunteer training both in person or online as required
19. Attendance at quarterly Operational Team and other staff and volunteer meetings
20. Supporting with events and trip planning
Record keeping and evidence gathering
21. Collecting statistics and assisting in monitoring and impact evaluation for LCoS activities and
ensuring they are recorded in the software package provided
22. Collating information for grant monitoring reports and assisting with report writing, and
other written materials
23. Researching and maintaining a comprehensive of list of similar support services in other
cities and making referrals as required
24. Keeping track of and recording which service users have been granted LTR and which have
been moved to other towns/cities
Knowledge
25. Good understanding of barriers to engagement for asylum seekers and refugees
26. Some knowledge of local support for asylum seekers and refugees
27. Language skills would be advantageous
28. Lived experience would be advantageous but not an essential requirement
Other responsibilities
Undertaking any reasonable requests for other duties required to ensure the smooth and purposeful
running of Leicester City of Sanctuary, subject to overall hours available.
Requirements
This role requires permission to work in the UK and a full DBS check.
Skills and Qualifications required
Teamworking skills - personable, works with
others well, shares and communicates,
owns tasks and contributes to team
Ability to organise and deliver
activities/events
Administration skills/Record keeping
Local knowledge/ability to network and
Hours per week
0.6 FTE based on a 37.5 hour week
Closing Date
20/06/2026
Website
Apply for the job by visiting https://www.leicesteremploymenthub.co.uk/job-seekers/new-job-seeker-registration/